Abstract

A key conclusion of the article ‘Sea-Level Trend Analysis for Coastal Management’ (Parker et al., 2013) is
that:
Coastal management should consider sea level rises much smaller than those based on modelling activities
presently considered in Australia as well as in the other parts of the world at least for the next 30 years. The
projections by the relevant state bodies should therefore be revised considering lower bounds to future sea
level scenarios the continuation of the trend measured up to the present point.
Apart from the fact that the second sentence barely makes any sense, the authors provide nothing to
support their claim that the models are incorrect; in fact most of what they say about models is
demonstrably wrong. The two most obvious errors relating to models are indicated here.